auto part vs component

auto part and component both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
auto part	Yes	No	No	No
component	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, component is a hypernym of auto part; that is, component is a word with a broader meaning than auto part:

auto part: a component of an automobile
component: an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system

Other hypernyms of auto part include constituent, element.

auto part (noun)	component (noun)
a component of an automobile	an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system
	an abstract part of something
	something determined in relation to something that includes it